Helen Flanagan hits back at 'mean' trolls who branded her face 'a mess' with lips 'like a baboon's a**e' due to excessive filler

Helen Flanagan has hit back at 'mean' trolls who branded her face a 'mess' as they took aim at the her excessive lip fillers.

The former Coronation Street star, 32, was targeted after posting a video of herself getting ready for a night out in Liverpool, where she showcased her heavily lined lips. 

Helen took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday evening where she shared a glimpse of some of the hateful comments she received, including one who said her lips looked like a 'baboon's a**'

She penned: 'I never understand why people can be so mean x it doesn't actually matter how someone looks if you've got a good heart your beautiful anyway x'

The comments came under a video of the actress getting glammed up for the evening, with the clip firstly seeing Helen make-up free with a towel on her head as she leaned in close to check her complexion.

She then transformed in the video, rocking a full make-up look with her locks styled in glamorous waves.

However, while many praised her glam look, many were quick to lash out at her appearance, branding her lips 'ridiculous' and too large.

Back in January 2023, Helen revealed she's had lip filler just a month after having breast augmentation.

The former soap star shared a video of herself applying lipstick as she detailed the reasons behind her latest cosmetic procedure.

She said: I've got big lips, but my bottom lip was bigger and because I've been overlining my top lip, I wanted a little bit of filler to even them out.

Admitting she has also had Botox in the past, mother-of-three Helen advised: 'Don't do anything when you're too young.' 

She continued: 'I'm 32 now. I have Botox and that's my choice. I support women whatever choices they make. I thought about this for a long time before going ahead with it.'

Helen's cosmetic doctor, Dr Natalie Haworth told MailOnline: 'The treatment Helen had with me at my Whalley based clinic in Lancashire, The Doctor & Company, is what I like to refer to as a "tweakment".

'A little tweak here and there achieves a more natural result, and is quickly becoming the preferred go-to look for 2023.'

This isn't the first time that Helen has had to fire back at trolls who commented on her plump lips.

In a video posted in July, Helen replied to a critic who told her to 'stop sticking her lips out' in all of her photographs, as she told them that women should be 'uplifiting' each other.

In the original post about her hair extensions, Helen wrote: 'Can't wait to get my Extentions back in tomorrow 'Had a break for two weeks of them not in so I can do my hair ups, but feel so much better with my Extentions in and so much more confident x

'My hair is so thin, I so wish I had naturally thick hair x I don't know if having the kids so close together made my hair worse or if I get stressed x.'

But she was forced to respond when one person felt the need to ask: 'I Like following you and your page, i just wonder why you have go constantly stick your lips out non-stop. You are pretty and great mum, but every picture and post is you with your mouth open showing your pout'.

Commenting underneath the message, Helen replied: 'I've naturally got big lips and that's just my face x it shouldn't bother you that much x women should uplift each other x' 

'no youve blown up your lips with fillers love nothing natural there' another troll responded.

Helen added: 'I've had the smallest bit in my top lip to even out as my bottom lip is big. Why say it in such a catty way? What is wrong with women having lip filler anyway?'